Yeah you shouldn't buy this if you don't like the first album. It is in the same exact style. The production is a bit more low end heavy though. Guitar is buried in the mix like FAOD.

Why do bands choose to do this? I'm not criticizing, but I'm just curious why a band would purposely do make the guitars pretty much non-existent.

For the record, I don't dislike Proclamation or that LP. I actually like the Impious Jaws of Ire demo a lot (guitars sound fine), and I still like the LP, but I would like it a lot more if I could hear the guitars better.